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Through a partnership with the Connecticut Department of Health, the Southern New England Conference has been able to distribute 1,500 COVID testing ...
As COVID-19 cases spike upward in all three Southern New England Conference states, Minister for Health and Wellness Deborah Ringen is outlining ...
The United Church of Christ Mental Health Network is pleased to offer a new set of resources to help congregations and other community-based ...
In a message to the Southern New England Conference posted on Facebook on Wednesday, Executive Conference Minister the Rev. Darrell Goodwin addresses ...
Are you looking for a fresh, new inter-generational program this summer that will engage your youth and benefit your congregation? One that will make the concept of “resiliency” come alive? We invite you to proclaim your resiliency! Join us in this ground-breaking ...
Mobilize Vaccine Turnout Oneonta, NY. May 24, 2021 The Parish Paper has announced a campaign to mobilize clergy and other church leaders ...
The Rev. Darrell Goodwin has announced that the Conference offices in Framingham, MA and Hartford, CT, will remain closed at least through Labor Day.
UPDATE - April 21, 2021: Under the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021 and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, ...
Second Congregational Church of Coventry (CT) finds multiple ways to hold worship
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“Let each of you look not to your own interests, but to the interests of others.” Philippians 2:4 In this new resource, Health and Wellness Minister Debbie Ringen writes: "We hold tightly to the promise of the time when we will be able to freely gather, converse, hug,...
Sterling Church Helps Community Handle Remote Learning Challenges
Tolland Church (CT) Interviews Front Line Workers
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Editor's note: Bridge Conference Ministers the Rev. Marilyn Kendrix and the Rev. Don Remick have signed the following letter: We, members of the clergy in Rhode Island, represent many faiths, but all of our traditions speak passionately about the sanctity of life. ...
The Council of Conference Ministers has developed a worship service centered around the Parable of the Talents.
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We urge you to refrain from in-person in-building worship if the incidence of Covid is high or growing in your area.
Responding to increasing distress and despair among pastors and across congregations, church leaders from all six New England states signed on to a ...
Heather E. Kimmel, General Counsel for the United Church of Christ, sent the following email to Conference Ministers: Please know that one of your ...
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In response to the disruptions caused by both COVID-19 and systemic racism, The Southern New England Conference has announced the launch of the Faith ...
The Parish Council of First Parish UCC, Westwood invites the churches of our Conference to join them in remembering the 200,000+ Americans who have ...
Two churches share experiences with online events and the energy they've seen as a result.
Six UCC churches along the Massachusetts shoreline of Buzzards Bay worked together in May to produce an online Pentecost worship.
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The Conference recently conducted a wide-ranging survey of churches, in which 260 churches participated. This is the second article in a series looking at the results, and focuses on how clergy are doing during this time. The first article looked at the financial ...
A recent survey of churches indicates that the willingness of church leaders to be vocal and transparent about the church's needs is crucial in ...
First Church of Rowley Launches New Care Ministry and Women’s Support Group
The Bridge Conference Ministers are maintaining their position that Conference churches should hold off on resuming in-person worship until at least ...
New! Best Practices and Forgiveness Information and Webinar On March 31, the application for the CARES ACT, Payroll Protection Program was posted on ...
This pandemic has once again demonstrated that there is no equality in America
The freezers at Edwards House Meeting & Retreat Center were full of food when the Coronavirus hit Massachusetts, forcing the facility - part of the Southern New England Conference's Framingham property - to stop hosting gatherings. But thanks to the Edwards House ...
The Southern New England Conference has received a $718,000 loan through the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which will be forgivable if it is ...
The Bridge Conference Ministers are urging any authorized ministers in the Conference who find themselves in need of assistance to reach out to one of the ministerial aid associations in the region. "We are now 2 months into this pandemic and many of us have been in ...
In the following letter, the Bridge Conference Ministers are urging churches to continue to suspend in-person worship through at least May 31st. We ...
Here are some ways pastors and church leaders are nurturing their members during the Covid-19 pandemic
N. Dartmouth Church Helps Feed Hundreds During Pandemic When Scott Stubbs, moderator of Smith Mills Christian Congregational Church in N. Dartmouth, MA, realized that the church had just received two cases of toilet paper that they wouldn’t be...
The challenge of the Coronavirus pandemic requires many of us to learn new skills and ways of doing ministry. I’m deeply encouraged by the creativity and ingenuity I see across our congregations. And with so many virtual services, I’ve enjoyed stopping in...
Churches have modified food ministries to adapt to physical distancing measures to keep recipients and volunteers safe.
Agape Spiritual Community in Waltham, MA is offering virtual mindfulness and meditation ministry for children and families. With many of us at home ...
We received word from a local health agent discouraging drive-through church.
Churches around the conference have shared their experience with the changes made in the Covid-19 shut down.
This week the Southern New England Conference received a request from MEMA (the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency) asking for input from ALL Massachusetts Churches on 2 questions: Are you providing food or meals or vital services programs in your community? Do ...
Churches offer drive-in worship service at their parking lot during Coronavirus epidemic
Out of concern for the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus, the Bridge Conference Ministers have instructed staff to cancel Conference sponsored events and gatherings for the next 30 days, or to move them online. "The risk of the spread of the virus to participants or...
The three Bridge Conference Ministers of the Southern New England Conference are recommending that the 608 churches in the Conference suspend ...
The following letter was sent to SNEUCC Pastors on March 12: Dear Pastors: “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in times of ...
Folders for Super Saturday attendees were ready to go before today's cancellation. Due to concern over the spread of the coronavirus, Super ...
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New Coronavirus Webpage has resources for congregations in response to this pandemic threat.